Guild Wars 2

As I stumble towards lvl40 I am increasingly aware that I really have little idea what I’m doing most of the time. I’m useful with the rifle, kiting mobs and not getting too dirty, but in most melee it all gets a bit frenetic and I seem to be made of glass.
Any advice will be appreciated, I have tried G/swd, but seem to have ended up with Axe/Swd +Rifle.
Also I am unsure as to Pow/Prec or Toug/Vit, and fear I’ve kinda compromised too much.

Any advice regarding low lvl. mid lvl builds would be greatly appreciated

Thanks
Coltraine Gello

Never raise your hand to an Asura... it leaves your mid-riff exposed!

I leveled all the way to 80 using GS/rifle. I tried every other weapon in our arsenal but nothing compares to a GS with 100B. Pull a few mobs together, pop 100B+frenzy, use GS skill 3 to whirl through them, throw your sword with skill 4, and 100B is ready again before the mobs reach you (if they still live that is )

For Veterans and Champions use your rifle and kite away. I like my rifle, its fun as hell, but i end up using my GS for normal mobs, since most of the time there are 2-3 in a pull and the GS makes short work of groups

Your gear/spec depends on what you are going to do. solo/DE pve or WvW i like my knights armor set and berserker weapons/rings, just steamroll through everything (as long as you are in a zerg in WvW. For 1 on 1 you should take other weapons/skills)

Thanks for the advice, I will persevere with G/Swd as my default melee weapon. So far I’ve stuck to pve, when I’m more er capable, I may fight the good fight, hopefully surviving long enough to get outta my trench! Good news is that my rifle is my new constant buddy!

Yep...’there are many others like it, but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my rifle is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy, who is trying to kill me’
... sorry er a flashback there!

Coltraine Gello.

This whole discussion is moot anyway because WvWvW has nothing to with solo survivablity, it’s all about group tactics, and warriors do just fine in groups.

i just started a warrios, so im not a pro with this char or anything… but i tried all weapons an i think ill go with the axe/axe combo and the rifle (although i think the longbow is a good alternative for events and stuff like that where aoe is an advantage)

axe/axe also makes lots of dmg (not that much like 100 bades, but its more flexible, cause you dont have to stand still….. in some situation enemies just run through me and then i “shoot” my 100b into the empty – i think you know what i mean ^^)

so a/a oder a/mace is the best combo for me